About P99 and Trying to Play

[Sonolin]

I tried running in compatibility mode but then the game won't launch for me... oh well at least it is working without. It would be nice for it to stop crashing on camp though.

[Arakash]

Hey RPGP,

I just bought a new laptop and have been running into the same issues lately.
Compatibility mode does not work with my new rig (internal error etc.) so I just run it in normal mode.
Windowed mode instead of full screen seems to eliminate nearly all the problems.
However, I prefer full screen and it took me a while to figure out, for my rig, what works. Nonetheless, about 1/3 of the time, I still crash when I camp.

[WarpathEQ]

https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...t=service+pack

Link to a longer thread addressing the issue with more dialogue. The Windows XP Service Pack 3 worked perfect for me, never had a crash since. In the thread link there is some clarification of how people might be applying that incorrectly or other issues people determined were the root cause. Hopefully this helps fix your issue

[Ooloo]

The fact that you have a top of the line PC might be a big part of the problem. New OS's and even hardware hate being forced to run old software, which p99 by definition will always be.

P99, by far, runs more stable on an old winxp machine I built in 2004 with some entry level nvidia card than it ever has on any of my more modern systems.

[Swish]

Originally Posted by Ooloo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The fact that you have a top of the line PC might be a big part of the problem. New OS's and even hardware hate being forced to run old software, which p99 by definition will always be.

P99, by far, runs more stable on an old winxp machine I built in 2004 with some entry level nvidia card than it ever has on any of my more modern systems.

I can echo this having played on a netbook about 8 years ago running Win8 and no real sign of a graphics card [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] ...versus a modern PC with modern components.

[Ooloo]

Originally Posted by Swish [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I can echo this having played on a netbook about 8 years ago running Win8 and no real sign of a graphics card [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] ...versus a modern PC with modern components.

Yeah I'm sure just the onboard graphics chip on a low end laptop mobo can run vanilla-velious eq at like 120fps lol.

I will say one downside of playing on my old winxp machine is that the fps does start to chug on raids and in EC tunnel, but I'll take that anyday over constant crashing.

[Arvan]

windowed mode stopped the crashing for me

[RPGrandPa]

The thing is start my p99 by clicking the batch file.

[Sonolin]

Have you tried wineq2? Fixed most issues for me though it still crashes on camp

[bhughes]

I read somewhere that NVIDIA drivers cause lockups in P1999 green / blue, I was interested in upgrading my GPU so I decided to ditch geforce and bought an AMD radeon. I haven't crashed or locked up since. I do usually crash when I switch characters but most of the time i just /exit and deal with it.

No zone change crashes or mouse / keyboard lockups with AMD.

I don't play in windowed mode.

Sometimes when I need to get to the windows desktop to do something like edit an EQ screen shot in paint I get a crash, can't create device dialog box, but I learn to expect that to happen and don't try to do that while engaging mobs.